Yoga Breaks Retreat Center

WHAT MAKES US DIFFERENT?

Apart from many years of retreat organising experience and our first hand knowledge of Spain having lived here for 15+ years (we know the best teachers, activity guides and places to stay & eat!), I’d say the three biggest differences between us and any other retreats are …

1. Our retreats take place at carefully chosen unique little hotels near the sea that are owned & run by local Spanish families.  So not only are you/we supporting the local community but, we are the only retreat guests on site … unlike retreat centres where there could be multiple retreats taking place at the same time which would mean classes, meal times & pool side being busy & noisy  :(   

When you’re with us, you are our only focus.  

2.  On our retreats you’ll meet and be cared for the owners of Yoga Breaks in Spain not volunteers passing through on a gap year.  Nothing wrong with volunteers, it’s just that we believe when the owners of a business are looking after you you’ll get the very best service and care possible.  

It’s our business & we want you to have the best retreat experience possible. 

3.  We do less so we can give more.   We deliberately choose not  to run retreats week in week out as no one can maintain continuously high standards.   So, rather than you turn up and see us looking lacklustre, we take time out after each retreat to recharge as, when you give your all to running a retreat, by the end of it you are very happy but very very tired!   

HOW DID WE GET HERE?! 

Hi, i’m Nicole – that’s me below – I founded Yoga Breaks in Spain after moving to Spain in 2003.  Before then I lived in the UK and worked for over 20 years in various marketing roles and taught yoga part time.   Just like all my friends, I worked silly long hours with very little time for myself, my young daughter, family or friends.   Sound familiar?!?!

My move to Spain with my husband Gary & daughter Poppy was prompted by some rather serious health scares in my early 30’s that literally stopped me in my tracks . The health issues were so ‘out of the blue’ that they made me to reconsider the way I lived. 

At the time our daughter, aged 4, was spending 10 hours a day at a child minder whilst I rushed between home, work, domestic chores and seeing family. It was exhausting & I knew that if we didn’t change, something was going to break.  And it did.  My health.

Having a health scare forces you to focus on what’s really important in life & it doesn’t take long to realise it isn’t a career, possessions or how much you earn.   

When you have the opportunity to re-evaluate it becomes easier to decide how you’d really like to spend your time.  It was during this ‘re-evaluation’ that I realised teaching yoga bought me more peace, joy and satisfaction than any possession or career promotion.  So we set off to Spain!  

We started running yoga holidays purely by accident shortly after we arrived and now, quite a few years later, we believe we know the ‘secret sauce’ for what makes a great yoga holiday.  And, whilst we never set out to gain awards, we are a little (ok, a lot!) proud to be included in the Top 10 Yoga Retreats of the World  ! 

Awards pale into insignificance though when we see guests returning time & time again.  That’s the best award you can have when people chose to come on your holidays again & again.